decrepit

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/
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/dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/ · /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/

Definition of decrepit

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
    “Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.”
    “Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.”

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Etymology

From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).

Anagrams of decrepit

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